You should buy the 1935 farthing because it is quite difficult to get in high grade. If I were you though, I would concentrate on collecting a small date range, then I would expand once I had completed the date range. Don't run before you can walk.
It will be worth about £6-£8 in it's origional box if it is the common variety (it probably is the common variety) Could you post a picture so that we can tell you if it is a rarer variety?
so what is the mintage of it? They would not have recorded the mintage figures for the different types. They were just catagorised in the mintage of 1953.
I especially like the 'Why not coins made of anything other than metal' question! What would they be made from then, stone! Dough! One could eat their wages!
Well you have certainly found the best coin forum for coins especially British and American coins in my opinion! We are all very friendly and love coin collecting! What sort of coins do you collect? My name is Jon and I collect British half pennies (1900-1936).
Are you still going to buy the 1803 BU penny that Colin Cooke is selling or are you going to make your job a whole lot easier and concentrate on an easier date range?
Enforced regestration would be a good idea because it would lower the 'I've found a 1967 coin, it is a orangy colour and I would like to know what it is worth. Do you know where I could sell it and how much for. Email me please at jon.styles@btinternet.com. Thanks.'